Number 6 of the 30 Hugs Theme Challenge – Oxygen
Disclaimer: Seimei and Nisei belong to Kouga Yun.
We are different from the others, you and I. But more than that, we are different from each other. You are mine, and I am ultimately yours; however, this mutual ownership is not enough to keep us close.
All that binds us is the name inscribed on our middle finger. Our B.E.L.O.V.E.D.
Your voice is so loud, and I wonder sometimes if your need to shout is to emphasize your ownership of me. Can you overdose on oxygen? It would be amusing if you could. To see you fall one day, collapse in my arms; your ears twitching lamely while you hold onto me for support in a mock hug. Then I could rip off your ears as you struggle to breathe. I would own you, you see. Not the reverse, like you so desperately try to make me understand every day we're together. I would hold your furry ears in my hands and smile as you exhale breath after breath, trying to rid your lungs of the filthy oxygen you use to scream at me.
And the overdose of oxygen would catch fire - a spontaneous combustion. Right on your middle finger, over our name. Wouldn't that be great to see it burst up in flames? And the flames, the flames; they would consume you all over again, and you would be so helpless that you would have to rely on me.
I wonder if you can overdose on oxygen.